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teallach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish tellach, from Old Irish tenlach, from the root of tine (fire).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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teallach m (genitive singular teallaigh, nominative plural teallaigh)

  1. fireplace (open hearth)
  2. hearthstone

Declension

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Declension of teallach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative teallach tteallaigh
vocative a thteallaigh a theallacha
genitive tteallaigh teallach
dative teallach tteallaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an teallach na tteallaigh
genitive an tteallaigh na dteallach
dative leis an teallach
don teallach
leis na tteallaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of teallach
radical lenition eclipsis
teallach theallach dteallach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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